Is it dangerous to insert (potentially) burnt RAM into a motherboard?

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I recently wanted to add some RAM to my old computer, but unfortunately I mixed together "good" RAM with chips that I extracted from a computer that failed after getting too much voltage. I know it sounds like a bad idea to just plug it into a motherboard, so I figured I'd ask first - is there usually any protection in the motherboards against this kind of faulty chips? Also, how likely is that RAM got damaged when computer got his deadly current or failed for internal reasons (something shorted because of dust, failed components etc.)?

d33tah

Posted 2013-11-15T10:06:24.973

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Getting too much voltage as in lightning strike (throw away) or as in +0.1 volt overclocking (just test it) ? – MSalters – 2013-11-15T12:03:56.627

Not a lightning strike, but it failed while I was playing with the computer. I don't remember what exactly happened. – d33tah – 2013-11-15T22:45:27.950

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Your playing with fire here...I personally would not install this RAM.

But if your convinced that the cost of a new motherboard is worth the test...then just install the bad ram and see what happens when the system is started...leave the known good ram out until you've validated the bad ram.

Once you got the system running with the bad ram, do some performance testing on that ram, using something like this.

DragonZero

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